KJV King James Version
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
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Leviticus 19:35
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
WEB World English Bible
“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
ASV American Standard Version
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure;
Surrounding context — Leviticus 19
32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.
33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
34 [But] the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.
35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I [am] the LORD.
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Deuteronomy 25:13Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.Deuteronomy 25:15[But] thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.Proverbs 16:11A just weight and balance [are] the LORD’S: all the weights of the bag [are] his work.Proverbs 11:1A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.Leviticus 19:15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.Micah 6:1Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.Matthew 7:2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.Ezekiel 22:12-13In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.Proverbs 20:10Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.Amos 8:5-6Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
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